Rude staff at restaurant

[ProudAuntieof3]

Did we over-react? I was at a restaurant in London Bridge (F&G) with my 3 nieces and nephews. Everything was great, the little one (2 years old), between courses, got up and wanted to see what was going on at the bar, which was right next to our table. There were empty stools and she started climbing them, without disturbing anyone. She happened to touch one of the plates that was laid out for future patrons. At that point, a staff member became irate, telling us to sit down and that now she'd have to change the plate because the baby had touched it. I was very shocked. All three children had behaved impeccably and were very polite. The baby wasn't running amok and was not disturbing anyone. We paid for what we ate and left. Am I being unreasonable?

I've had worse experiences like the time my fresh food arrived still frozen in the middle they then tried to tell me I was hallucinating the ice crystals in my frozen food when I persisted they microwaved it lettuce and everything and slapped it back down in front of me she nearly cried when the next course came out and the chicken was pink she dragged her manager over to "deal with" the table i pointed out serving frozen food was bad serving raw food could kill someone he was very apologetic and sorted it but all I could hear was her bitching about vile customers

Now that is what you call fucking rude and 20 years later ive not returned

Lol. Do better. This is too obvious.

Exactly. I took my daughter to restaurants during the daytime from a few weeks old and whenever she started to grizzle or cry I took her outside until she stopped. By the time she was 2, she knew that you don’t run around and disturb people in a restaurant. I always took a couple of little toys, paper, and crayons, and made sure that I kept her entertained enough thst she wouldn’t disturb anyone. I think she was probably still using a high chair at that age and so wouldn’t have been able to get up anyway. I never took her to restaurants in the evening until she was 5 and could fully understand how to behave properly.

YABU

I’d be worried for little ones climbing on bar stools, but I think the staff member was over the top being so rude. Needing to change a plate and some cutlery is hardly the end of the world.

You shouldn’t let a toddler go up to a bar in the first place. They should be at the table with you. Other customers don’t want children wandering around!!

Yup.

Using restaurant furniture as a climbing frame bizarrely unreasonable …I agree you need to parent, not observe like you are in a playground…sad for the staff and customers who had to have this tension in their work and meal out

You are so spectacularly unreasonable that I can't believe you think otherwise.

I assume you have made obligatory tiktok posts and gave a poor review because you are so sure you are right.

I wish you would have enabled voting!

Every time I eat out I ask if small children can run their hands over my plate first, because I love other people's germs, they add extra flavour.

I mean obviously, you weren't supervising properly, things could have gone a lot worse with a kid climbing on stools. It's not 'irate' to point out that a plate needs changing because you are not supervising children properly. You just didn't like the inference that you weren't looking after the children in your care well. Which you weren't.

I imagine they were happy that you paid up and left, before things could get any worse.

Good grief. Child climbing and touching and you're cross?

Keep your child under control. Not clambering over the furniture and getting in the way of people working with hot food. No doubt you would be complaining if the toddler ended up with a hot plate of food all over their head

"She happened to touch one of the plates"

Is that because noone was looking after her properly??

It's not the kids fault, the adults need to behave appropriately!

Why were you "shocked" that the staff didn't think customers would want to use crockery that had a toddler's paw prints all over it?

Even if you’re socially inept and don’t realise it’s annoying for staff and other customers to have a child climbing and touching things, is it not just common sense to keep your child safe? Scalding hot food, glass, hard floors..

I wouldn't let my 2.5 year old climb over the furniture at a restaurant...

This. It’s not a playground. You know you are unreasonable.

Come along now, you aren’t suggesting people parent their children are you?

Why did you let a toddler climb all over the place? YABU

Isn’t it funny how OP has just dropped this thread and then not come back…

Normally staff put up with a lot of bad behaviour from kids, so if they actually said something there must have been a very good reason for it.

My youngest was unsupervised climbing over bar stools and touching other people’s food that hadn’t been served yet, meaning their food was delayed and negatively impacting their meal.

I’ve corrected your post for you.

You let your 2 year old wander off, climb on bar stools and touch clean plates that were going to be used by other diners.

You were unreasonable.

Your 2 year old wanted to see what was going on at the bar 😂😂Did they fancy a G&T?
WTF has happened to adults brains???
Bar = for adults
restaurant ≠ playground

Guess this is a reverse?
if not, you either weren’t supervising your Child or thought it was ok to let a 2 year old climb up and touch those plates? I feel sorry for the staff .